Before I start, this report would probably have been much longer ……had we won ! (Sorry if I’ve given away the ending). I’ve never been to the Crown Ground, Acrrington before. I’m fairly certain I’ll go again though. It’s a long time since I’ve been to a football league ground where a decent header could […]
Departure from the DW was near enough 4.00pm as four Eavesway coaches headed to Coventry, earlier in the day a bad accident had occurred on the M6, long delays at junctions 19 & 20 in store. However we eased off the motorway with The Ricoh arena in full view and onto the spacious car parks, […]
Newcastle United, they have done this very quietly and sit in prime position to achieve the goal of a top 4 finish, ironically enough our next opposition. So quiet whilst driving down the M6 Monday night listening to the post match review of Arsenal 1- 2 Wigan, the football pundit on Talk Sport said what […]
Wigan returned yet again to London for the third away game in the capital in as many weeks buoyed by a run which has seen them establish themselves as one of the form teams in the Premier League. After Monday’s excellent performance against the Gunners, Roberto Martinez opted to retain the starting eleven which secured […]
We all know it’s well under a hundred days to the Olympics but did you realise that it is under fifty days to Euro 2012 ? No-one seems particular bothered both in the media and especially at the FA as we still don’t have a national team manager, Pyscho is standing in at the moment […]
Well that was a week! I remember at the end of last season Stan Collymore kept reminding Wigan fans that we hadn’t won back to back in about 50 games. He was right, Wigan had no consistency, well other then losing. We then went on to beat West Ham & Stoke on the final day […]
I can just leave it at that three letter word can’t I? The last week has been the stuff dreams are made of for Latics fans and we are winning friends and respect all the way. We have only been one incompetent linesman away from mustering up a complete clean sweep of the “traditional” Big […]
The trip to Craven Cottage, from where victory could secure Latics’ Premier League status, gives TNS the opportunity to look back on the career (so far) of Michael Brown who has played for both clubs. Michael, who played 4 games for England at Under 21’s level was born in Hartlepool on 25th January 1977. Tough […]
Just two short years ago to the day near enough, Salvador Cabrina of Paraguay was shot in the head in a bar in Mexico City. A drugs baron called “JJ” was later arrested for attempted murder. At the time Salvador was playing for top Mexican […]
Resurgent Wigan travelled to the Emirates looking to maintain the position as one of the form teams in the Premier League.Wigan suffered a pre match blow when the key player of the last few weeks Shaun Maloney being forced to withdraw from the starting line up with Jordi Gomez assuming the attacking left side of […]